Matthew 13:28
Modern Translations
New International Version
"'An enemy did this,' he replied. "The servants asked him, 'Do you want us to go and pull them up?'

New Living Translation
“‘An enemy has done this!’ the farmer exclaimed. “‘Should we pull out the weeds?’ they asked.

English Standard Version
He said to them, ‘An enemy has done this.’ So the servants said to him, ‘Then do you want us to go and gather them?’

Berean Study Bible
‘An enemy did this,’ he replied. So the servants asked him, ‘Do you want us to go and pull them up?’

New American Standard Bible
And he said to them, ‘An enemy has done this!’ The slaves said to him, ‘Do you want us, then, to go and gather them up?’

NASB 1995
"And he said to them, 'An enemy has done this!' The slaves said to him, 'Do you want us, then, to go and gather them up?'

NASB 1977
“And he said to them, ‘An enemy has done this!’ And the slaves said to him, ‘Do you want us, then, to go and gather them up?’

Amplified Bible
He replied to them, ‘An enemy has done this.’ The servants asked him, ‘Then do you want us to go and pull them out?’

Christian Standard Bible
“ ‘An enemy did this,’ he told them. “ ‘So, do you want us to go and pull them up? ’ the servants asked him.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
"An enemy did this!' he told them. "'So, do you want us to go and gather them up?' the slaves asked him.

Contemporary English Version
"An enemy did this," he replied. His servants then asked, "Do you want us to go out and pull up the weeds?"

Good News Translation
'It was some enemy who did this,' he answered. 'Do you want us to go and pull up the weeds?' they asked him.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"He told them, 'An enemy did this.' "His workers asked him, 'Do you want us to pull out the weeds?'

International Standard Version
"He told them, 'An enemy did this!' "The servants asked him, 'Do you want us to go and pull them out?'

NET Bible
He said, 'An enemy has done this.' So the slaves replied, 'Do you want us to go and gather them?'
Classic Translations
King James Bible
He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?

New King James Version
He said to them, ‘An enemy has done this.’ The servants said to him, ‘Do you want us then to go and gather them up?’

King James 2000 Bible
He said unto them, An enemy has done this. The servants said unto him, Will you then that we go and gather them up?

New Heart English Bible
"And he said to them, 'An enemy has done this.' "And the servants asked him, 'Then do you want us to go and gather them up?'

World English Bible
"He said to them, 'An enemy has done this.' "The servants asked him, 'Do you want us to go and gather them up?'

American King James Version
He said to them, An enemy has done this. The servants said to him, Will you then that we go and gather them up?

American Standard Version
And he said unto them, An enemy hath done this. And the servants say unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?

A Faithful Version
And he said to them, 'A man who is an enemy has done this. ' Then the servants said to him, 'Do you want us to go out and gather them?'

Darby Bible Translation
And he said to them, A man [that is] an enemy has done this. And the bondmen said to him, Wilt thou then that we should go and gather it [up]?

English Revised Version
And he said unto them, An enemy hath done this. And the servants say unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?

Webster's Bible Translation
He said to them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said to him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them?

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
And hee said to them, Some enuious man hath done this. Then the seruants saide vnto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them vp?

Bishops' Bible of 1568
He sayde vnto them: the malicious man hath done this. The seruauntes sayde vnto hym: wylt thou then that we go, and gather them vp?

Coverdale Bible of 1535
He sayde vnto the: that hath the enemye done. The sayde ye seruautes: wilt thou then yt we go & wede the out?

Tyndale Bible of 1526
He sayde to the the envious ma hath done this. Then ye servauntes sayde vnto him: wilt thou then yt we go and gader them?
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And he says to them, A man, an enemy, did this; and the servants said to him, Will you, then, [that] having gone away we may gather it up?

Berean Literal Bible
And he said to them, 'An enemy did this.' And the servants said to him, 'Then do you desire that having gone forth, we should gather them?'

Young's Literal Translation
And he saith to them, A man, an enemy, did this; and the servants said to him, Wilt thou, then, that having gone away we may gather it up?

Smith's Literal Translation
And he said to them, A man, an enemy, has done this: and his servants said to him, Wilt thou therefore we, having departed, should gather them.

Literal Emphasis Translation
And he said to them, An enemy, a man did this. And his bond-servants said to him, Do you wish then that having gone away, we should gather them?

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he said to them: An enemy hath done this. And the servants said to him: Wilt thou that we go and gather it up?

Catholic Public Domain Version
And he said to them, ‘A man who is an enemy has done this.’ So the servants said to him, ‘Is it your will that we should go and gather them up?’

Translations from Aramaic
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
But he said to them, 'An enemy has done this'; his servants said to him, 'Do you want us to go select them out?'

Lamsa Bible
He said to them, An enemy did this; his servants then said to him, Do you want us to go and pick them out?

NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
He said to them, An enemy has done this. The servants said to him, Is it your will, then, that we go and gather them up?

Godbey New Testament
And he said to them, A hostile man did this. And the servants say to him, Then do you wish that we, having gone, may gather them?

Haweis New Testament
He saith unto them, Some man, an enemy, hath done this. Then the servants said to him, Wilt thou that we go and weed them out?

Mace New Testament
'tis some enemy, said he, has done this, the servants replied, shall we go then and pull them up?

Weymouth New Testament
"'Some enemy has done this,' he said. "'Shall we go, and collect it?' the men inquire.

Worrell New Testament
And he said to them, 'An enemy did this.' The servants say to him, 'Do you wish, then, that we, going, should gather them up?'

Worsley New Testament
And he said unto them, Some enemy hath done this. The servants therefore said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?
















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